Testing Your Installation

Trend Micro recommends verifying success of the installation by using the EICAR test script. EICAR, the European Institute for Computer Antivirus Research, developed the test script as a safe way to confirm that antivirus software is properly installed and configured. Visit the EICAR Web site for more information:

http://www.eicar.org

The EICAR test script is an inert text file with a .com extension. It is not a virus and does not contain any fragments of viral code, but most antivirus software will react to it as if it were a virus. Use it to trigger a virus incident and confirm that email notifications, HTTP scanning, and virus logs work properly.

• Never use real viruses to test your antivirus installation.

To test the ability of your installation to detect an infected file:

1. Open an ASCII text file and copy the following 68-character string to it:

X5O!P%@AP[4\PZX54(P^)7CC)7}$EICAR-STANDARD-ANTIVIRUS-TESTFILE!$H+H*

2. Save the file as EICAR.com to a temp directory. If there is an antivirus installation on your machine, it should immediately detect the file.

3. To test the SharePoint deployment for a network PortalProtect is currently protecting, upload the EICAR.com file to a SharePoint site.

4. Trend Micro also recommends testing a zipped version of the EICAR file. Using compression software, zip the test script and perform the previous steps.